By RICARDO CASTILLO Former Presidents to Lose Legal Protection Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sent a petition to the Senate on Monday, Sept. 14, asking lawmakers to carry out a citizens’ consultation over whether to bring the five past presidents to trial, if charged. With this final request, there have now been three different attempts to bring one
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Chihuahua Governor Seeks Martyrdom In the past two weeks, National Action Party (PAN) Chihuahua Governor Javier Corral has staged two major publicity stunts: First he led a group of 10 state governors to splinter from the National Governors’ Conference (Conago), and then, Immediately afterwards, he permitted a group of farmers to take the federally managed and National
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Wet Politicking in Dry Chihuahua There was a faceoff this week between farmers and the National Guard (GN) at the La Boquilla reservoir on the Conchos River, which feeds into the Rio Grande at the Ojinaga-Presidio border. The GN, in charge of safekeeping the dam, had to withdraw from the facility on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to avoid
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XINHUA International tourism arrivals in Mexico plummeted 66.6 percent in July compared to the same month last year due to a drop in air traffic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said on Thursday, Sept. 10. Just over 1.39 million foreign visitors traveled to Mexico in July, compared to over 4.16 million in 2019, according to the Inegi
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Cleavage at Conago Ten Mexican governors met Monday, Sept. 7, in the northern city of Chihuahua. The purpose of their gathering was to vote on whether to continue to participate in the National Governors Commission (Conago), an organization that aims to be one voice before the president. The outcome of the meeting was that all10 voted to
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XINHUA Gross fixed investment in Mexico rose 20.1 percent in June compared to May, its first increase after four months of poor performance amid the covid-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said. However, the indicator plummeted 24.1 percent in June compared to the same month of 2019, dragged down by a drop in construction and the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The Last of the Sauri-ans The first week of September in Mexican politics was raucous from start to finish. Here is a capsulated roundup of events: It all started on Monday, Aug. 31, with the first vote at the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for the upcoming third and last year of the current legislature. Contending for the
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XINHUA Vehicle production in Mexico fell by 13.15 percent in August compared to the same period last year, while exports fell 8.59 percent in the same period year-on-year, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Friday, Sept. 4. According to the Inegi, Mexico manufactured 293,463 vehicles in August of this year, with 257,610 destined for foreign markets.
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XINHUA Mexico incorporated 1.5 million more citizens into the economically active population (PEA) in July as a result of the gradual reopening of businesses closed due to the covid-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Thursday, Sept. 3. The Inegi National Survey on Occupation and Employment (ENOE) showed that the PEA reached 52.6 million in
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XINHUA New vehicles sales in Mexico rose 5.75 percent in August compared to the previous month, climbing for the fourth consecutive month amid the covid-19 pandemic, official figures showed Wednesday, Sept. 2. Sales reached 77,092 units in August, compared to 72,897 in July, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said. Vehicle sales plunged to 34,903 units in April,
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